Harken History A chronological look at the Harken company history including pictures. military patrol boat gear, olympic luge and bobsled development program, http://www.harken.com/company/history.php
Olympic olympic history from Buffalo and Western New York Steve Mesler, an olympichopeful in the four man bobsled, and his team mates finished 5th at the world http://members.tripod.com/~laxman36/olympics.html
Extractions: NEW! Hassan wins gold at Empire State games... Olympic History from Buffalo and Western New York Last updated 7-29-5 This page is maintained by a member of the International Society of Olympic Historians. Olympic hopeful Alyssia Hassan of Buffalo won gold at the Empire State games in Poughkeepsie 7-28-5. She finished first in the women's open division 100 meter high hurdles. Her time was 14.75 seconds.(buffalo news 7-29-5 "roundup brothers wrestle each other for the gold" pg b6 byline scott lieber) The following is from the Buffalo News, fair use only INVESTIGATION ENDS
The Sports Network - Olympics history of the olympic Games The United States, which hadn t received a medalin bobsled in 46 years, won gold in the inaugural women s event and then http://www.sportsnetwork.com/default.asp?c=sportsnetwork&page=olymp/history/2002
Extractions: Ference himself is inspired by his selection as a torchbearer. He recounts what a thrill it was this last summer to return home from touring the Olympic venues of the Lake Placid Games, filled with the Olympic spirit, to find a letter informing him that he had been selected to be a torch-bearer in the Salt Lake 2002 Winter Olympic Games. Towner was honored to carry the torch but says accolades should be shared with all those who participate in pet therapy through Intermountain Therapy Animals. Another torchbearing team was made up of and her son Pearl Butler was a flight attendant for United Airlines prior to her marriage to . While rearing four children, she taught and counseled in Salt Lake area schools for 26 years. She spent the last 16 of those years working with Youth in Custody, from which she retired in 1997. In 1960, Raty was named Outstanding Teacher of the Year for the State of Utah in health and physical education.
Vonetta Flowers - Welcome Vonetta Flowers of Birmingham, Alabama and her women's bobsled partner Jill Bakken compete in the XIX Winter olympic Games in Salt Lake City. http://www.vonettaflowers.com/
Extractions: One of the greatest moments of the 2002 Winter Olympics was watching Vonetta and Jill celebrate their victory with the 15,000 fans that gathered in Salt Lake City. I'll never forget the tears of joy that flowed down Vonetta's face and the emotions that she displayed as they raised the flag and played the national anthem. Since then Vonetta has dreamed about returning to the Olympics and defending her gold medal. She and her new partner, Jean Racine, are training hard for the opportunity to represent their country at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy. My Story gives you a closer look at who Vonetta is and helps your realize why she continues Running on Ice
Bobsledder.com - WELCOMES YOU Information on the team, and additional information on all olympic bobsled teams. Pictures, links, and information. http://bobsledder.com/
Bobsledder.com - WELCOMES YOU Information regarding the 2002 olympic Armenian bobsled Team, the schedule, and a store where shirts, hats and pins are being sold. http://www.bobsledder.com/
Zero Error Racing, Inc. Home Page Quarter Midget, Full Midget, olympic bobsled and Soapbox manufacturer and supplier. http://www.zero-error.com/
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Canada Olympic Park Home of Canada's only refrigerated bobsled track. Provides events schedule, information on museum and hall of fame, and job opportunities. http://www.coda.ab.ca/COP/
Jamaican Bobsled Team Then, at the 1932 Olympics, a twoman even was added in Laked Placid, NY Utah, the sport of bobsled can draw on a rich history as it charts the course http://www.jamaicanbobsled.com/history.html
Extractions: All rates are for the 2005 - 2006 winter season. Utah Olympic Park was a competition venue for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games for Nordic jumping and the sliding sports of bobsleigh, luge and skeleton. The nearly 400-acre Park features a mixture of sporting facilities and visitor areas for an incredible Olympic experience. The state-of-the-art park hosted more than 300,000 visitors and 14 Olympic medal events in February 2002. The Utah Olympic Park now serves as a year-round competition and training ground for recreational and high-performance athletes. Construction on the facility started in 1990 with the development of the infrastructure, the 750,000 gallon freestyle training pool and the ski jumps as part of phase I. The sliding track was included in the second phase and started in the spring of 1994. The first athlete to go down the track was on a luge on January 10, 1997. Today, the public can watch athletes in training, visit the Alf Engen Ski History Museum and the George Eccles Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games Museum, race down the track in a bobsled, or learn how to steer your own skeleton or luge sled by taking an Intro camp. The Park is owned by a non-profit organization, the Utah Athletic Foundation which is responsible for keeping the Park and the Utah Olympic Oval operating for use by future athletes, world champions and the general public. Daily Guided Tours of Olympic Competition Sites
Extractions: Eckenhard Shulz In a way, skeleton has been around as long as daredevils have blasted down slopes on small sleds, careening along on their stomachs, braving the ice in a thrilling head-first ride. But in terms of Olympic events, skeleton was included in only two previous Winter Games, those of 1928 and 1948, both in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Extractions: Past How did it start? - in the late 1880's in Albany, New York racing lumber sleds. At that time, the sport also became popularized in Swiss winter resorts. The first sleds had rope steering and no brakes. They were stopped by using a garden rake. Bobsled first appeared in the Olympics in 1928 when Billy Fiske of the USA won a gold in the five-man race. The last U.S. Olympic medal was won by Art Tyler in the 1956 Cortina, Italy Games. He took a bronze in four-man. A Kodak engineer, he designed, built and raced his own sleds, the first sled ever to use an articulated front and back. The last World Championship medal won by the U.S. was a bronze in the four-man by Brian Shimer, Chip (Mr. World Class) Minton, Randy Jones, and Robert Olesen at the 1997 St. Moritz World Championships. Brian Shimer and Robert Olesen also won the bronze medal for the 1997 World Championships in two-man. Present In Olympic competition, there are two-man and four-man races with 1300
ESPN.com - Germany's Jumping Edge Smallest In Olympic History Monday, February 18, 2002 Germany s jumping edge smallest in olympic history Germany had an olympic team gold to go with the one it won in 1994. http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/winter02/skijump/news?id=1335886
Calgary - Tourism & Shopping - Canada Olympic Park of yearround activities, events and a rich olympic history, is the high pointin Calgary. The olympic Hall of Fame Museum is fun for all ages. http://www.calgaryplus.ca/portal/profile.do?sectionID=110&categoryID=6&contentTy
September 9 Birthdays In History Add Today in history or Today s Birthdays to Your Site it s Easy! September 9, 1924 Nino Bibbia, Italy, bobsled 1948 Olympics gold http://www.brainyhistory.com/daysbirth/birth_september_9.html
Park City Lodging-condos-homes-vacation Rentals In Utah Learn more about the history of Park City Utah. Park City s three venueshosted 26 olympic events exactly 1/3 of all 78 olympic events. http://www.parkcitylodging.com/sitepages/pid45.php
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Untitled Document United States olympic Committee Honors Speedskaters Chris Witty and Derek Selected for Team of the Month honors was the US Men s bobsled Team. http://www.usspeedskating.org/news/031202AOM.html
Extractions: Parra along with USA II Men's Bobsled Team COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., March 12, 2002The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) announced today the recipients of the February 2002 Athlete and Team of the Month awards. All the honorees earned their nominations for results achieved at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, as the U.S. enjoyed its most successful Games in history by winning 34 medals. Speedskater Chris Witty (West Allis, Wis.) won Female Athlete of the Month honors. Having been diagnosed with mononucleosis a month earlier, Witty went out and set a world record and earned the gold medal in the women's 1000-meters with a time of 1:13:83. Before she took the ice, no woman had ever broken the 1:14 barrier. Witty also set personal bests in the 1500m and 500m. Witty just missed the podium in the 1500-meters with a time of 1:55.71 to place fifth. In the 500, Witty placed 14th.
Extractions: Olympic Gold Medalist Vonetta Flowers to visit Tusculum College and Greeneville in October Greeneville and Greene County residents will receive the opportunity to meet a history-making Winter Olympic gold medalist who has an inspiring and faith-building personal story when bobsledder and track star Vonetta Flowers visits Greeneville as a guest of Tusculum College on Oct. 16-18. Vonetta Flowers is the first black athlete from any nation ever to win a gold medal in the Winter Olympics. She won the medal in women's bobsled, a seemingly unlikely sport for a native of Alabama who knew virtually nothing about bobsledding before finding herself representing the U.S. in that sport in the 2002 Winter Olympics. Vonetta Flowers will make her initial Greeneville appearance at the First Presbyterian Church fellowship hall area at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 16, to take part in an hour-long community forum, which will include an autograph session. On Friday, Oct. 17, she will attend an invitation-only dinner on the Tusculum College campus and meet and greet special guests who have helped support her visit to Tusculum. At 8 p.m., she will present a speech to Tusculum College students in the auditorium of the Annie Hogan Byrd Fine Arts Building, and also answer questions. On Saturday, Oct. 18, the gold medalist will breakfast with Tusculum College's athletic teams and present a brief devotional. At noon, she will meet and greet Tusculum alumni present for that weekend's Homecoming festivities.
